1. (n.) The act of dissolving, or separating into component parts; separation\.

2. (n.) Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

3. (n.) Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.

4. (n.) The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.

5. (n.) The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.

6. (n.) The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.

7. (n.) The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.

8. (n.) Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.

9. (n.) Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.

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